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IMF extends interest waiver for low income countries

WASHINGTON, DC, USA — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries are to benefit from an extension of interest waiver for…

December 26, 2014
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Fire damaged Old Fort Craft shops refurbished by TEF

MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, December 24, 2014 - Craft traders at the Old Fort Craft Market and Heritage Centre…

December 25, 2014
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Jesus Orus Baguena, head of the European Union (EU) delegation to Jamaica

After six years, no Caribbean trade with Europe under EPA

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 25, 2014- Guyana’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett is concerned that six years after it was signed,…

December 24, 2014
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US companies are eager to capitalize on Cuba's market but must first overcome obstacles

WASHINGTON – December 24- Associated Press - Cargill aims to sell more corn and soybeans. MasterCard covets another site…

December 24, 2014
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Cuba Business Outlook sees billion dollar investment opportunities

WASHINGTON, DC - A leading investment group identified billions of dollars worth of opportunities in Cuba following President…

December 24, 2014
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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. G. Anthony Hylton

Jamaica best country in Caribbean to do business says Forbes Magazine

KINGSTON, Jamaica, December 23, 2014 - The Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, G. Anthony Hylton, has welcomed…

December 22, 2014
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PSOJ says Petrojam not passing lower oil prices to consumers

KINGSTON, December 2014 - The Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ) says research it has done suggests that…

December 22, 2014
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IDB President impressed with Jamaica's progress

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) LUIS Alberto Moreno, says he was "truly impressed" with the country's progress…

December 21, 2014
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Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams (right), along with President of Nelson’s Super Farm, Oratio Kennedy (2nd right), display a bag of organic charcoal made from bamboo. Sharing the moment (from left) are: Project Director at the Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ), Gladstone Rose; Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Joylan Silvera; and Member of the Bamboo and Indigenous Materials Advisory Council (BIMAC), Downie Walker. Occasion was the official opening of Jamaica’s first bamboo charcoal factory, located on Nelson’s Super Farm in Pembroke Hall, St. Mary, on Friday (December 19),

gov't wants to use mined-out bauxite lands for bamboo cultivation

The Government is looking into the feasibility of using mined-out bauxite lands for the wide-scale planting of bamboo,…

December 22, 2014
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Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Peter Phillips (right); Minister with Responsibility for the Public Service, Ministry of Finance and Planning, Hon. Horace Dalley (2nd left); and Co-Chair, Economic Programme Oversight Committee (EPOC), Richard Byles (left), share a light moment with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) President, Luis Alberto Moreno (centre); and IDB Country Representative in Jamaica, Therese Turner-Jones, during Friday’s (December 19) private sector luncheon at Knutsford Court Hotel, New Kingston.(JIS Photo)

Phillips again calls for more Int'l support for Caribbean Region

KINGSTON, December 21, 2014 -Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. Peter Phillips, has repeated his call for a “new…

December 22, 2014
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Low gold price affects Guyana's economic growth projection

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 20, 2014 - Guyana’s Finance Minister, Dr. Ashni Singh has revised downward the country’s economic…

December 20, 2014
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